The 2026 Toplyga is the 37th season of the Toplyga, the top-tier football league of Lithuania. The season began on 21 February 2026 and will end in November 2026. This was first season renamed from A Lyga.
Teams The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the LFF I Lyga. Kauno Žalgiris entered the season as defending champions.
The promoted team was the 2025 LFF I Lyga champions TransINVEST (returning to the TOPLYGA after a single-season absence). They replaced the 2025 A Lyga bottom-placed team Dainava (relegated from the TOPLYGA after three seasons).
+2026 A Lyga competitors Club Location Stadium Surface Seasons in A Lyga Position in 2025 Gargždai Gargždai Stadium Artificial 2,216 12 Telšiai Telšiai Central Stadium Natural 2,069 5 ? Artificial ? Raudondvaris Raudondvaris Stadium Artificial 490 5 Kaunas Darius and Girėnas Stadium Hybrid 15,026 12 Akademija VDU Stadium Artificial 1,000 Panevėžys Aukštaitija Stadium Natural 6,600 8 FA Panevėžys stadium Artificial 660Vilnius LFF Stadium Artificial 5,06711 Šiauliai Savivaldybė Stadium Natural 3,017 5 Gytariai Stadium Artificial 500 Sportima Arena Artificial 3,157 Marijampolė Marijampolė Football Arena Natural 6,523 24 Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Artificial 2,660 Galinė FK Transinvest stadionas Natural 1,000 2 Vilnius LFF Stadium Artificial 5,067 25 Sportima Arena Artificial 3,157
Managers Team Coach Appointed Licence FK Banga David Afonso UEFA Pro FC Džiugas Andrius Lipskis UEFA A FC Hegelmann Mikel Aramburu UEFA Pro FK Kauno Žalgiris Željko Sopić UEFA Pro FK Panevėžys Roland Vrabec UEFA Pro FK Riteriai Gintautas Vaičiūnas UEFA Pro FA Šiauliai Jurgis Pučinsks UEFA Pro FK Sūduva Donatas Vencevičius UEFA Pro TransINVEST Marius Stankevičius UEFA Pro FK Žalgiris Rolandas Džiaukštas UEFA Pro
League table
Fixtures and results
TOPLYGA play-off The ninth-placed team will face the second-placed team of the 2026 LFF I Lyga in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2027 TOPLYGA.
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Nikola PetkovićFK Žalgiris102 Amine BenchaibKauno Zalgiris9 Abdel Kader NjoyaFC Hegelmann4 Ronald SobowaleFC Džiugas Telšiai8
Top assist RankPlayerClubAssist
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